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CISA: SafePay ransomware has breached 600+ critical infrastructure orgs
The U.S. agency CISA reports that since August 2024 the SafePay gang has breached over 600 critical infrastructure organizations worldwide, becoming one of the most active ransomware operations.
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U.S. Takes Down 40+ Laptop Farms, Charges 14 in North Korean IT Worker Scheme
The Justice Department charged 14 people and seized some 187 computers in its campaign against a scheme in which North Korean nationals posed as remote IT staff at U.S. companies.
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DOJ: North Korean operatives have infiltrated dozens of U.S. firms
U.S. authorities warn that sanctioned hackers increasingly recruit Americans to serve as go-betweens linking breached companies to Pyongyang.
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FBI Arrests Founder of a Ransomware Negotiation Firm
A Canadian who specialized in negotiating with ransomware crews was arrested in Pennsylvania. He is tied to the investigation into ShinyHunters, the group that stole data on thousands of FBI employees.
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FBI arrests another suspected ShinyHunters member after breach of its systems
FBI Director Kash Patel announced a fresh arrest tied to September's breach of bureau systems. Press reports say the detainee is a Canadian citizen held in Pennsylvania.
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FBI takes down Chinese Flax Typhoon hacking tools
The FBI has seized seven domains that China's Flax Typhoon group used to run MicroScan and FishHub — tools deployed to scan and breach critical infrastructure worldwide.
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ShinyHunters Leader Nabbed Mid-Extortion of Boeing Spin-off
A teenager from Amman who led the data-theft gang has been detained and, per Reuters, is now cooperating with the FBI. He was caught while his group was extorting a former Boeing unit, Jeppesen ForeFlight.
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FBI: FortiBleed Harvested 86,644 Fortinet Device Credentials and Is Still Active
The FBI and U.S. Secret Service warned that the FortiBleed credential-harvesting campaign remains an active threat to internet-facing Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and SSL VPN gateways.
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Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in ShinyHunters Probe
Police in the Netherlands have arrested a 23-year-old convicted cybercriminal suspected of aiding the ShinyHunters group. Days later the remaining members escalated dramatically — breaching the FBI's jobs site and extorting Russia's Cl0p.
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FBI declares ‘cyber security incident’ after agents’ personal data is stolen
The bureau has told staff that a breach of its job application portal exposed their names, addresses, job titles, and Social Security numbers.
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FBI Probes Dark-Web Trade in Scans of 153 Million Driver's Licenses
A new service called Nexus is selling digital copies of more than 153 million driver's licenses belonging to U.S. and Canadian residents. The source appears to be a breach at a Louisiana-based identity-verification vendor.
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US Senator Calls for a Review of How Intelligence Agencies Use Hacking Tools
Ron Wyden has urged the US Government Accountability Office to examine how the FBI, DEA, ICE and the Secret Service use spyware against Americans — citing an almost total lack of reporting.